D. Cordell Staker, a creative and endearing man, husband, father, and grandfather—full of life, artistic talent and the magic to influence and lift others—passed away sweetly in his sleep on Saturday, October 22, 2016. He was 67.
Cordell, affectionately known as 'Pinky' spent his time carving Santas, Hobbit-villages and fish, out of bass wood and articulately painting each with exact detail. His other love was building and flying gas-powered-radio-remote-control airplanes of which he was a master craftsman and hobbyist-model-aeronautics-expert. He adored everything about aviation: a student of planes, rockets, space exploration. He often quipped, he probably would have wanted to learn to fly a real machine if he wasn't so 'damn motion sick all the time!' He was also an avid fan of Indy Race Cars and made several pilgrimages to Indianapolis with his family to watch the race, having, ironically been born during the very weekend the Indy 500 runs annually.
Cordell was born on May 29, 1949 to Alden and Alice Ann Staker in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He is the third of four siblings who all survive him: Dr. Larry Staker, DeeAnn (Staker) Dustin, and Julie (Staker) Wyatt. He attended Idaho Falls High School and Brigham Young University and attained a BA in Communications. He was a successful salesman for print advertisement, first in the newspaper business, and then in Yellow Pages for close to 30 years. He was a master relationship builder and an eloquent and inspiring sales leader and trainer. In recent years, Cordell worked at Costco and was a bright light to all those who were lucky to encounter him.
In 1972, Cordell married Susan Elizabeth Driggs of Pleasant Grove, Utah. He is survived by Susan, his four children, Russell Cordell Staker, Dr. Ann Elizabeth (Staker) Dimick, Camille Robin (Staker) Mugleston, Jeffrey Wayne Staker, and 12 grandchildren.
Cordell and Susan made their home for over twenty-five years in Englewood, Colorado, but moved to Austin (Bee Cave) in 2010 and have called Texas home ever since. Pinky loved wearing his cowboy boots, adored Texas history and ultimately found that Texas matched his John Wayne spirit and the melodic refrains of his beautiful harmonica. He will be deeply missed and is forever loved by his family, friends and all those who were fortunate to know him.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the D. Cordell Staker Funeral Fund: https://pages.giveforward.com/family/page-8rdph63/
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